IQSS will be sponsoring a series of Atlas.ti workshops during J-term for qualitative researchers (graduate students and faculty) in the social sciences at Harvard University!
The 2-day advanced course (Wednesday, January 20th and Friday January 22nd) will provide an overview of more complex features of the program, including techniques for building a code list and code book, inductive and deductive methods of data exploration, using the query tool, constructing output displays, network views, among other topics. The advanced course will also include a module examining new features of Atlas.ti 6.0 and a panel discussion of alternative qualitative data analysis software (such as NVivo and MaxQDA).
Please note that this course is now full. If you wish to be added to a waiting list, please contact Crystal Fleming at: cfleming@fas.harvard.edu.
**Please note that the course meets all day on January 20 and January 22. Lunch will be served.
About the Instructor:
The advanced workshop will be led by Crystal M. Fleming, a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology at Harvard University. Fleming has extensive experience using Atlas.ti for multiple qualitative projects and is currently on staff for the Department of sociology as a Qualitative Data Analysis Specialist providing Atlas.ti training to undergraduate students. For more information on her research, visit: www.wjh.harvard.edu/soc/gs/Fleming_Crystal/
Day 1:
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Introduction
- Review of Basic Features
- Setting up your Preferences
- Setting up your Textbank
- Assigning Primary Documents
- Object Managers, Families and Filters
- Four Types of Coding
- Memos and Comments
- Exploring Atlas.ti Sample Resources
- Grounded Theory Glossary
- Sample Projects
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM: Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:00: Advanced Coding
- Creating code comments
- Assessing density and groundedness of codes
- Merging codes
- Duplicating codes
- Code Hierarchies
- Tips for producing your code book
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Advanced Output Displays I
- Output Options for Quotations & Codes
- Code Filter Options
- Code List Options
- Quotation List
- Quotations with Comments (Full Content)
- Advanced Use of the Query Tool
- Operands: Codes and Coding Families
- Boolean Operators
- Proximity Operators
- Adjusting the Scope
- Supercodes
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Advanced Output Displays II
- Codes-Primary Documents Matrix in Excel
- For Quotations
- For Words
- Transforming CPD Matrix into Frequency Tables
- Object Crawler
- Object Explorer
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Theory Building with Networks
- Creating and Using Network Views
- Importing Nodes
- Linking Nodes
- Relations Editor
- Creating “Spin-Offs”
- Using the Auto-color Mode
- Using Networks to Output Data
- Semantic Operators
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM Coffee Break
2:45 PM – 5:00 PM Guided Practice with Q&A
Day 2
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Coding Audio, Video and Image Files
- Creating quotations in audio, video and images
- Coding audio as alternative to full transcription
- Hyperlinking multimedia files to text
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Advanced Use of Primary Documents
- Embedded Objects
- Powerpoint Slides
- Excel sheets
- Formulas
- Transforming Memos and Output into Primary Documents
- Creating hyperlinks
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Coffee Break
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM Coding Multimedia Files
- Audio
- Video
- Images
12 PM – 1 PM: Lunch
1 PM – 2 PM Data Source Management
- Document paths
- Textbank path
- Optimizing paths
- Backwards compatibility of HU files
- Strategies for Backing up your Analysis
- Creating and installing copybundles
- Saving multiple versions of the HU
- Using the memo function to track changes
- Setting up Atlas for Research Teams
- Scenarios for Collaborative Analysis
- Strategies for Merging Hermeneutic Units
- Merging Code Lists
- Codings Analyzer
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM New Features of Atlas.ti 6.0
- Text/Audio Synchronization
- PDF compatibility
- Co-Occurrence Explorer
- Geo-coding with Google Earth
3 PM – 5 PM Guided Practice and Q &A
